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VMware vSphere 8.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ESXi host must configure virtual switch security policies to reject promiscuous mode requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When promiscuous mode is enabled for a virtual switch, all virtual machines (VMs) connected to the Portgroup have the potenti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ESXi host must restrict use of the dvFilter network application programming interface (API).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the organization is not using products that use the dvFilter network API, the host should not be configured to send networ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ESXi host must restrict the use of Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) on standard switches.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When a port group is set to VLAN 4095, the vSwitch passes all network frames to the attached virtual machines (VMs) without m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ESXi host must have all security patches and updates installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Installing software updates is a fundamental mitigation against the exploitation of publicly known vulnerabilities.&lt;/VulnD...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ESXi host must not suppress warnings that the local or remote shell sessions are enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Warnings that local or remote shell sessions are enabled alert administrators to activity they may not be aware of and need t...
    Rule Medium Severity

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